Japan Olympics Torch Relay

HIVE helps carry the flame in the Japan 2020 Olympics opening ceremony.

In 2019, ARS Electronica reached out to us about the Japan 2020 Olympics, aware of our experience with Olympic ceremonies. They invited us to join their software team as “black ops,” and we accepted the offer.

While we cannot disclose many details about the project due to confidentiality, we can mention that it involved 100 autonomous vehicles, 100 HIVE software licenses, and 100 LED screens in the shape of our favourite hexagon.

NTT: Hiroshi Chigira, Shingo Kinoshita, Kenya Suzuki, Masafumi Suzuki, Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Ars Electronica Futurelab: Patrick Berger, Kerstin Blätterbinder, Manuel Dobusch, Samuel Eckl, Peter Holzkorn, Horst Hörtner, Maria Mayr, Otto Naderer, Nicolas Naveau, Hideaki Ogawa, Daniel Rammer, Raphael Schaumburg-Lippe, Simon Schmid

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7 May 2023

Baku European Games

The Baku European Games concludes with a dynamic closing ceremony. Hive Media Players ensures a memorable event, embellishing the visuals across the spectrum of closing acts, creating the perfect conclusion.

Working with PRG Projects in Belgium Hive Media Control were honoured to deliver one of the most technically challenging projects they had ever undertaken. They had 6 months to deliver a new media server system which could run on a wearable computer. HIVE chose an embedded linux hardware device and developed a whole new media playback system.

To power the closing ceremony, 560 custom made, hand held, hexagon shaped LED screens were driven by a belt mounted computer and battery pack. The 560 systems had to tightly synchronize in order to create an array of different shaped screens in numerous formations.

Truly spectacular, full of history, symbolism and culture!
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee